Bleached Bones on the Beach

[ktuli]

A deviance from my normal photography, I tried my hand at some black & white landscape work with these pieces of driftwood we found at Presque Isle State Park on Lake Erie.







Thanks for viewing!

- Bill

[Sam W]

Nice shots and conversion. I like the odd shapes.

[Shadowman]

Very lifelike still life.

[Wavelength]

First one is a keeper, awesome; second one confuses me; third one is good, but not as much as #1; very nice processing in all

[NorthernFocus]

I like the first one. IMO the detail in the sky adds a lot to the image.

[IzzieK]

+1 to Dan's comment....the drama in #2 is OK if you want to look at it that way and #3 is neat too. I prefer #1 like Dan...

[ktuli]

Nice shots and conversion. I like the odd shapes.

Thanks, Sam!

Very lifelike still life.

Thanks, John!

First one is a keeper, awesome; second one confuses me; third one is good, but not as much as #1; very nice processing in all

Nandakumar, what do you mean the second one confuses you? I do agree with you that the first one is the best of the set - I tried a different angle on the third one, and I think sometimes I look at it and the perspective works and other times it just doesn't feel right. I never get that feeling debating the first one, it just works.

I like the first one. IMO the detail in the sky adds a lot to the image.

Dan, I am glad you mentioned that - that was something specific that I wanted to accomplish with the B&W conversion. The day was so overcast and the sky was extremely bland in the original color version, but the B&W conversion definitely helped to bring out from definition there.

+1 to Dan's comment....the drama in #2 is OK if you want to look at it that way and #3 is neat too. I prefer #1 like Dan...

Izzie, Thanks! Yeah, I know #2 has a very heavy, ominous feel to it, and that is what I was going for. I felt the perspective and shape of that piece of driftwood just had that almost scary feel to it, so the extra dark processing was intentional for sure.

Thanks all for the comments - it definitely helps to get the constructive criticism when I'm trying a style of photography that isn't my normal style.

- Bill

[bnnrcn]

Hi Bill My best is #1, but it seems a bit soft to me. If the image was mine I would try sharpening it some more.

[Geoff F]

First one is a keeper, awesome; second one confuses me; third one is good, but not as much as #1; very nice processing in all

Exactly my thoughts.

[mugge]

I like #1 a lot. I do agree with Binnur about sharpening the picture. Another idea though, how about actually softening the image thus making the image eerie instead of dramatic? Why do we always try to create dramatic shots? Just a thought because I do think this shot could be used in a different way. That is only my opinion though.
Cheers Ole

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Bill,

I am generally with the consensus in prefering #1, although if it were mine, I'd actually crop off some foreground (but not so close to driftwood as you went with #3).

#2 doesn't work for me, I'm just not a fan of dark pictures (and you can take 'dark' in both ways), but it appeals to some so that's fine.

#3 feels a bit 'tight' in the lower right corner, no doubt deliberate, and I might have tried the same - I feel that might have had more success if shot from closer with a wider angle of view.


Overall, I'd have liked to be able to view them bigger than the 640px versions linked here.

Hope that's helpful, Dave